RedSn0w Through Safari?

by Guest Author on Jan 15, 2009

I read an article saying that there is a flaw on desktop Safari:

I have discovered that Apple’s Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack that allows a malicious web site to read files on a user’s hard drive without user intervention. This can be used to gain access to sensitive information stored on the user’s computer, such as emails, passwords, or cookies that could be used to gain access to the user’s accounts on some web sites. The vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple.

Now this got me thinking…. RedSn0w.com = on the fly jailbreak?

Think about it. If their website accesses your iPod and does the things necessary either to jailbreak on the go or to prepare for a jailbreak (Chronic Dev said that the exploit is in some sort of file in 2.1.1); this could be interesting and true.

This is one of the only reasons I can think of for the RedSn0w domain.

I do not know if mobile Safari has the same weaknesses as desktop Safari; but it could . There are some Safari exploits that actually crash your iPod (try this to crash yours if you dare!) ; I had to connect mine to the power to get it to restart. But whatever the Dev Team has up their sleeves should be interesting.

 

Alarm Zone

by Sebastien on Jan 15, 2009

Category: Entertainment
Alarm Zone went from $1.99 to $0.99
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

Triangle

by Sebastien on Jan 15, 2009

Category: Games :: Puzzle
Triangle went from $2.99 to $1.99
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

Apps On Sale In The App Store on 01/14/2009

by Sebastien on Jan 15, 2009

This is your daily serving of iPhone and iPod Touch applications on sale. Today, iPhone Download Blog is bringing you the latest apps that are currently on sale in the App Store. Some of them are even free! If you were hesitating about buying any of these apps, now is the right time as most of these deals are for a limited time only.

 

Steve Jobs Takes A Six Months Leave Of Absence From Apple

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2009

Following his message telling he was feeling better a couple of weeks ago, it appears that Steve Jobs doesn’t feel as good as he wants his stockholders to think…

Steve sent this email to Apple’s employees today:

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

Still the same question lingering in my head… Why? Why does Steve keep pretending everything is going to be fine. Steve is dying and it is time to choose a new CEO. Apple needs a smooth CEO transition and now is your last chance, Steve. Tim Cook is obviously the top contender and most competent possible replacement.

 

Is Apple Becoming NOT completely Stupid About The App Store Policy?

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2009

The title of this post is a rhetorical question. The answer being quite obvious as Apple has started to approve 3rd party web browsing applications.

Within the last day, the App Store has seen the additions of at least 4 web browsers, priced from free to $2. Each browser has it’s own little feature:

- Edge Browser (Free) – No navigation bars.
- Incognito ($1.99) – Browse without leaving web history.
- WebMate:Tabbed Browser ($0.99) – Queue up all the links you click on, then view them one by one when you’re ready.
- Shaking Web ($1.99) – A sophisticated algorithm to compensate for small hand shaking to allow for easier reading.

According to MacRumors:

This could open the door for mobile versions of prominent web browsers such as Opera and Firefox, though there remain other SDK restrictions that could prevent full-featured versions of those browsers from appearing. Still, Apple appears to be loosening some early restrictions they had applied to the App Store approval process.

 

RedSn0w Is The iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2009

Let me toot my own horn for a second here… As usual, I was rightRedSn0w is indeed the future iPod Touch 2G jailbreak and the Dev Team is clearly working on it as we speak. Earlier today, the Dev Team published a post on their blog titles “Thermonuclear Pop”:

  • Well it isn’t a British Thermonuclear Device.
  • It isn’t an episode from “The Twilight Zone”
  • And it certainly isn’t iPhone 3G related (right now)
  • There is one other device…
  • It fits in your pocket..
  • What can it be?

If you’re not convinced yet, I invite you to read some of the comments on their blog, especially this one, where MuscleNerd confirms RedSn0w is iPod Touch 2G related.

Now the question is: when can we expect this ipt2g jailbreak? Only time (and the Dev Team) will tell…
 

ePingu

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2009

Category: Games :: Arcade
ePingu went from $1.99 to $0.99
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

Apps On Sale In The App Store on 01/13/2009

by Sebastien on Jan 14, 2009

This is your daily serving of iPhone and iPod Touch applications on sale. Today, iPhone Download Blog is bringing you the latest apps that are currently on sale in the App Store. Some of them are even free! If you were hesitating about buying any of these apps, now is the right time as most of these deals are for a limited time only.

 

JailBird, Supposedly A Replacement To WinPwn

by Sebastien on Jan 13, 2009

A new application called JailBird is about to come out, and the developer, difrnt, already talks about it as the replacement for WinPwn.

According to difrnt:

Jailbird is meant to be a replacement for WinPwn, this means unlike Quickpwn, you will be able to generate a Custom IPSW and change your partition size! Jailbird will support all 2.0 firmwares from 2.0 – 2.2 and will be the first GUI based pwnage tool for Windows that supports FW 2.2.

It was quite unclear to me what JailBird does so I emailed difrnt and asked what device it jailbreaks or unlocks and why would I use JailBird over QuickPwn.

Here is his reply:

It will Jailbreak the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, and the iPod Touch there is not yet support to jailbreak the iPod 2G.

Jailbird works like Pwnage-Tool just on the windows platform.

Unlike QuickPwn, Jailbird will be able to generate a custom IPSW (firmware) that when restored with iTunes will return a Jailbroken iDevice unlike quickpwn where you are required to restore the default firmware then “quickpwn it” to get a jailbroken device.

I look forward to the release of this new tool so I can try it out and see what it’s worth.